Neel Kashkari, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, speaks at the Milken Conference 2024 Global Conference Sessions at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 7, 2024. David Swanson | Reuters Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari said Thursday that bringing down inflation in the U.S. remains his top priority, warning…
Salesforce on Wednesday evening delivered better-than-expected quarterly results, but it wasn’t enough to convince the market that AI will help — not hurt — its enterprise software business. Revenue in the quarter ended April 30 rose 13.3% year over year to $11.13 billion, topping expectations of $11.05 billion, according to LSEG. Adjusted earnings per share…
Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near Bandar Abbas, Iran, May 4, 2026. Amirhosein Khorgooi | ISNA | WANA | Via Reuters Iran thinks it can get the Strait of Hormuz to its prewar status within one month of a peace deal with the U.S. Traders on prediction market platform Kalshi are more skeptical. They…
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Wednesday that his bank could spend up to $20 billion on an acquisition in the coming years. A deal that size would be the largest of Dimon’s 20-year tenure atop JPMorgan and test regulators’ appetite for consolidation among the biggest U.S. banks. “I do think there might be opportunities,…
A man walks past a banner depicting Iran’s current supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei along a street Tehran on May 6, 2026. AFP | Getty Images U.S. crude oil prices fell about 6% Wednesday on a report Iran would restore traffic through the Strait of Hormuz as part of a framework deal with the U.S….
Options traders are convinced the “SaaS-pocalypse” is over. Whether that’s true will likely depend on the market’s reaction to Salesforce earnings after the bell Wednesday. Volume ratios in options trading on the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (IGV) have been increasingly bullish throughout this month, including on Tuesday — when more than twice as many…
Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour. Yaorusheng | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets rose on Wednesday, with Japan and South Korea’s benchmark indices hitting new highs as investors assessed recent U.S. military action in Iran, the fragile state of the Washington-Tehran ceasefire and optimism that a deal could still be reached. Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 1.49% to a…
The SK Hynix logo is seen above a printed circuit board. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of SK Hynix jumped more than 11% on Wednesday, lifting the South Korean chipmaker’s market capitalization above $1 trillion as investors continued to pile into artificial intelligence-linked semiconductor stocks. The rally extended a blistering run that…
Pope Leo XIV holds his weekly general audience at St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City, June 11, 2025. Massimo Valicchia | Nurphoto | Getty Images Pope Leo warned over the weekend about a “social calamity” that could come from mass unemployment due to the adoption of artificial intelligence technologies. Prediction market traders appear to think…
We are selling 30 shares of Honeywell at roughly $231.78. Following the trade, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will own 390 shares of HON, decreasing its weighting in the portfolio to 2.3% from around 2.5%. We’re making a small trim of Honeywell as the stock extends its recent gains. Honeywell’s stock is now up almost 10%…
